March 14, 2020

March 14

Running with Jesus

Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 

     Well we meet Martha, stop before you start criticizing her, we have all been there! Now for our few men who read this, stop it too, you are just as bad with your planning too!

      I really don't know if Jesus called ahead or just showed up, after all it was His home away from home and everywhere He went there was a crowd! I would be jittery too!  But it tells us she was the jittery type! Her old nature was surfacing! This old nature was distracting her.

     Now let me tell you about the Martha in me! I find myself having a jitter when my spouse clicks the TV buttons while I have 3 loads of clothes to wash, dishwasher full, vacuum to run, bathrooms to clean and floors to mop! The war could be on. I find at times Martha still begs and screams to get out but sweet Jesus talks to her and says when this is all done you will be just fine. Wish I could say I always overcome this area myself! 

      Martha had not learned to listen to Jesus. She was still operating out of flesh! She was still trying to run and control everything. Now don't get me wrong we need to plan and organize but we must include Jesus and let Him help us.

Father,  help us train our Martha spirit to listen and talk to Jesus. When she comes calling, ask her to sit down at Jesus feet like Mary did and I bet the rest will work its way out! 

     So what's making you jittery today? Go sit still at Jesus feet let Him help you!

Tomorrow: The best part!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015